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Production: Unknown
Bulbous jug with a missing base. Grey earthenware decorated with applied strips and pellets of clay in a zigzag pattern. White slip over a dark brown clay surface wash. The neck is fluted, and the handle is of hexagonal shape, with a leaf like pad applied on either side at the top.
History note: Dug up in Jewin Street, London, 1878. Smith, Thomas Street, Westminster. Mr S. Fenton, London, from whom bought in January or February 1909 for nearly £2 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity Street, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 22.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
13th Century
14th Century
Circa
1200
-
1400
Dug up in Jewen Street, London, in 1878.
In imitation of Rouen jugs.
Decoration
Accession number: GL.C.8-1928
Primary reference Number: 77106
Glaisher MS Catalogue: 3004
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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